{} Author’s note: In order to protect the identity of the victims in this case, some names and details have been omitted or changed. There are a million stories in the Naked City. This is one of them. It wasn’t my case. Chris had asked me to accompany him one morning as he performed some case follow- ups. In a department with over 500 sworn officers, Chris is the only detective assigned to the full- time investigation of elder exploitation for a city of 300,000 souls. Whenever he needs help, he grabs whoever isn’t busy and we tag along. The story was familiar. The Old Man was in failing health, his mental faculties beginning the long fade into…
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